Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:54
Opinion and Analysis
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One of the benefits claimed for Software as a Service is that new features automagically appear without you having to install updates. An associated issue is that developers can incrementally roll out these new features instead of going for the big bang of a new release. That's certainly the path Google is taking.
Take a look at what's happened recently with Google Apps.
April 8 saw a pair of changes: the arrival of additional search criteria (eg, date modified) and the ability to save searches in Google Docs; and the arrival of "Save as PPT" in Google Presentations' File menu, allowing decks to be exported for use in PowerPoint.
Google Presentations was also the focus of activity last week, with the addition of speaker notes and the ability to embed YouTube videos in presentations showing up on April 25.
Related software that runs on the user's computer was also refreshed during the month.
Google Email uploader, updated on April 4, allows messages and contacts stored in Outlook, Outlook Express or Thunderbird to be uploaded to Gmail.
Google Calendar Sync, updated on April 23, now syncs all Outlook events with Google Calendar even if the user isn't specified as an organiser or attendee of an event.
March brought in an even longer list of new capabilities for Google Apps.
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